Bill Text: NY S07185 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the hours for voting in special elections.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07185 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07185-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7185
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to hours for voting
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of
    2  the election law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b)  is
    3  added to read as follows:
    4    (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF A SPECIAL
    5  ELECTION IS HELD ON THE SAME  DATE  AS  A  PRIMARY  ELECTION,  ANY  POLL
    6  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL
    7  BE OPEN FROM SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT  FOR
    8  ALL  VOTING, REGARDLESS IF IT IS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION OR THE SPECIAL
    9  ELECTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13357-01-1